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VOLUME XIX
8 PAGES THIS WEEK
THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930 PRICE 5c SINGLE COPY
NUMBER 8
REDUCTION MADE
IN CITYPAYROLL
Some Salaries Cut And Others
Laid Off; Goes Into Lttect
April First
Eighteen Counties Have
Eight Months Term
(State Superintendent
Public Instruction)
Raleigh, Feb. 18 Eighteen North
Carolina counties ran all their white
schools for eight months during the
srhnol vear 1928-29, according to the
Another effort to make a reduction ; current issue of State School Facts,
in the pay roll of the town of Beau- j omciai publication of the State Super
fort was made at a special meeting jntendent of Public Instruction,
of the board Wednesday afternoon, These counties were: Camden, Car-
The nueting was caled to order by teret, Currituck, Durham, Edgecombe
the Mayor Chadwick who said that j Gates, Guilford, Henderson, Lenoir,
it was called at the request of Com-, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, North
missioners Maxwell, Taylor and Wil-!am,,t0n, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Trans
lis. A resolution was then given : ivnia, Vance, Washington and Wilson.
City Clerk Thomas and read by him ; of these 18 Currituck and New Han
which provided for the reduction re-1 over operated their white schools uni
ferred to. Commissioner Willis of-!formiy f0r 180 days,
fered the resolution and it was discuss I
ed. Mavor Chadwick asked the opin-J "There are twenty counties, says
ion of City Attorney as to whether ; School Facts, "that have fewer th in
the board had a right to drop Street! 500 white pupils in schools having
Supervisor J. J. Whitehurst. The terms of less than eight months,
minutes of the board meeting, at These counties and the enrollment of
INFLUENZA CAUSE :
OF MANY DEATHS
BANKS WILL CLOSE ON
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
All of the banks of Carteret coun
ty wil be closed on February 22,
which is Washington's birthday and a
Pneumonia Leads; Automobile National holiday. The birthday of
Accidents Take Considerable;; the Father of Uur country nappens
Toll; Typhoid Small
Statistics furnished from the State
Board of Health, Raleigh show that
during the month of January 126 per
sons died in the State from influenza.
Pneumonia however was more fatal
than the "flu" as 234 persons died
from that cause. There were
to fall on Saturday, the busiest day
of the week. Regardless of this be
ing the day of the week which a good
deal of business is generally transact
ed in the county, the doors of all
banks will be closed for business and
Board Asks Governor
' To Call Legislature
A meeting of the board of commis
sioners of Carteret county was held
Monday. Those present were Chair
man Bushall, Commissioners Edwards,
Gaskill and Lewis. The board pass
ed a motion endorsing the acts of
Chairman Bushall in New York last
week in connection with the county's
business.
A resolution asking Governor
will not be opened for any reason Gardner to call a special session ui
whntsn(.vpr. Thev are uririm that all I the Legislature to consider matters
004 i of Saturday's business be transact-j of taxation was read ana auopteo
which Mr. Whitehurst was put on the
force, were read and it was found
white children in schools operat ng
less than eight months are as folio vs:
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that he was employed for the "bal- Warren do, uauiax , .
I. - v, t,l " Mr rnvia Rfli,l 105. Hyde 117, Scotland 164, Pen ler
m.c ui wv..... .,, nn-
if by term was meant the term of the
deaths of children under two yearsof ;ed either today or tomorrow
age. Automobile accidents accounted ,
for 47 deaths in January. There Funeral Services Held
were 41 persons killed and 24 con
mitted suicide. The birth rate for the
month was 32.3 per 1000. ' 'u
Birth rate 32.3 per 1,000 population.
Death rate 15.6 per 1,000 popula
tion
For John C. Thomas
unanimously. The resolution reads
as follows:
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners of Carteret County is
of the opinion that taxes for all pur
poses should be obtained from sources
board then in his opinion Mr. White
' hurst had a contract with the town
and could be dismissed only' if his
services were unsatisfactory.
After considerable discussion Com
missioner Maxwell said that if the
resolution were changed to go into ef
fect April 1 instead of March 1 he
would second it. This change was
made and .the resolution was voted
on and adopted by a vote of three
to two. Maxwell, Taylor and Willis
voted aye and Chaplain and Mason
voted no. It was also suggested by
Commissioner Wilis that the board
members discontinue taking their $5
which they receive for their regular
monthly meetings. It was agreed
that no member could be made to dis
pense with his salary but might do
so if he wished. The roll was called
on this proposition and the vote stood
the same as on the resolution, three
in favor and two against. It was
suggested that it was useless for a
part of the members to dispense with
their compensation unless all did it.
The resolution - which -was adopted
read as follows:
At a call meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of the town of Beau
fort held on the 19th day of Febru
ary 1930, the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, it appears to the Board
of Commissioners that it is necessary
that the running expenses of the
Town of Beaufort be curtailed due to
the financial condition and the lack
of finance to meet the running ex
penses. Therefore be it resolved that be
ginning with the first day , of April
1930 the services of Street Superin
tendent and one other street employee
be dispensed with. And that W. R.
Longest, Chief of Police, be directed
to take over the supervision of
Streets and sanitary sewer and that
he have two men, including Sam Pig
ott, to conduct this work. That the
salary of these two men be $50.00 per
month, each.
That the salary of night policeman
be reduced to $60.00 per month, and,
That the Salary of City Clerk be
fixed at $125.00 per month.
177. Granville 20 1, Hoke 5221, air-
tie 235, Forsyth 238, Hertford 164,
Clay 284, Jones 296, Chowan 38,
Tyrrell 366, Anson 413, Rutherford
423, Avery 439, Polk 451, and Tare
468.
In these twenty counties there are
5,328 pupils not having the advan
tage of a school which operates eght
months during the year. There are
62 counties therefore, according to
School Facts, which contain 95 per
cent of the total 121,532 children not
provided with schools operating eirrht
months.
In summing up the present situa
tion with reference to white enrdl
ment by length of term, School Fai ts
says:
"(1) 100 per cent of the city en
rollment is in the longer term schools.
(2) 100 per cent of all high
school enrollment both rural and city
is in the longer term schools.
(3) The 121,532 children not hav
ing the opportunity of attending long
er term schools are rural elementary
boys and girls."
TWO DEFENDANTS FACED
MAYOR CHADWICK MONDAY
Death rate 2.4 (under 2 years)
1,000 population.
Number deaths from
Typhoid fever
Malta or undulant fever
Paratyphoid tever
Typhus fever
Malaria
Smal'pox -.
Measles
Scarlet fever
Whooping cough ;
Diphtheria & croup
Influenza
Mumps
Acute poliomyelitis
Lethargic encephalitis ...
Meningococcus meningitis
Chickenpox
Dengue -
Anthrax
Rabies
Pulmonarv tubprculosis ' . 190
Tuberculosis (all other forms) 20
Pellagra -. i49
Broncho pneumonia . 147
Pneumonia (other forms) 34
Diarrhea & Enteritis( under
Funeral services wers held Sunday other tnan real estate; anu vwieieus,
afternoon at two o'clock for John , it appears that the burdensome and
Clayton Thomas at the home of his practically confiscatory tax on real
pr!n.( Mr btiH Mrs. Luther Thomas. : estate in the btate ot JNortn aion-
nn MnrtVi River road. Rev. K. b. ' na nas caused a critical uu wnuua
; jMunns officiated at the funeral and
5 1 the Ann Street Methodist choir at
lj tended in a body and assisted in the
0 ! music. A large crowd of town and
0 ! rural folks were, in attendance. Ev
Olery one seemed to sympathize deep
1 j ly with both the family and with Dr.
0 ! E. B. Whitehurst. Interment was in
2 6 Ocean View Cemetery,
FARMERS DISCUSS
LIVING AT HOME
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The child was killed last Friday af
ternoon .as he left the school bus by
the car of Dr. E. B. Whitehurst. Oc
cupants of the truck said that they
did not see the on-coming car and
3 'Dr. Whitehurst insisted that he did
1 1 not see any life whatsoever about
0 1 the bus. The child was struck by the
left rear fender of the car as he ran
around the rear of the school bus.
He was taken immediately to the
Moreehad City Hospital by Dr. White
hurst and one of the Beachem girls,
but the seven-year-old child died be
fore arriving there.
Coroner L. J. Noe summoned a
jury and held a short sesion that af-
Police Court, like Recorder's
Court, has somewhat slackened up in
its business. Monday afternoon sev
eral defendants were scheduled to
confront Mayor Chadwick, but only
two of the unfortunate individuals
showed up at three o'clock in court.
C. S. Stanley, colored, was charg
ed with being drunk and disorderly.
He admitted his guilt and was sen
tenced two dollars and a half and
cost or ten days on the streets.
Dave Mason, charged with being
drunk on February 8, admitted his
guilt and received a sentence of two
dollars and a half or a broom to push
for ten days.
2 yrs.) .27 ternoon, but because several witness
Septic sore throat -- rl'es and the truck driver could not be
Tularaemia t'O ' found the hearing was put off until
condition, both in the agricultural dis
tricts. and in the Cities and Town of
the State; and whereas, it appers that
some immediate relief is absolutely
necessary, and should be afforded for
this situation before another tax levy
is made on the real property of the
State, and, whereas, for this reason,
and for the added reason that time
for relief is not afforded at a regular
Session of the Legislature, it is im
perative that a Special Session of the
legislature be immediately called to
deal with this problem.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolv
ed that Honorable O. Max Gardner,
Governor of North Carolina, be and
is hereby respectfully urged to call
a Special Session of the Legislature
to meet as early as practicable and
consider the problem of providing
necessary revenue from other sources
than real property.
Be it resolved, that a copy of this
resolution be forwarded to Honorable
O. Max Gardner, Governor of North
Carolina.
Syphilis st2
Infant mortality . 493
Maternal morality -L.J.SO
Deaths under 2 yrs. of 'tg.S'2W4
the next day. Saturday afternoon th
jury re-assembled at the Adair-Rice
Funeral Home and after deliberating
'about two hours arrived at the con
Aeroplane fatilities . -- 0 j elusion that the death of the child
Automobile fatalities 47! was unavoidable, but placed Dr..
Automobile & train collisions-.. 6 j Whitehurst under a five-hundred-dol-
Railroad accidents 12 1ar bond to appear before the grand
Burns & conflagration aeci- I jury for passing a school bus on the
dents '. 40 highway.
Gunshot wounds accidental 22
NEGRO TAKEN (FROM SHIP
"YORK" BY COAST GUARD
Gunshot wounds (doubtful) 2
Drowning accidentsal. 5
Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Aux
iliary of St. Paul's Episcopal church
Homicides (total) 41! will have a Tacky Party at the
Suicides (total) 24 home of Mrs. Cam's Norcom Febru-
, '. jary 25. The public is cordially in-
MISS GLENNIE PAUL GIVES j vited. Music for the occasion will
RADIO SOLO OVER WPTF ; be furnished by the Tackey Band.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Last Friday evening at seven-thirty ! Miss Virginia Howe, a former
a radio program was put on the air Beaufort girl, now studying at the
through the medium of WPTF Station I Southern Conservatory of Music,
NEWPORT MAN BURNED
FROM GAS EXPLOSION
Newport, Feb. 18 Mr. C. H. Wil
ton was badly burned at his home
here Monday by reason of a gas ex
plosion. He threw some gasoline
from a can into a stove and the gas
exploded and caught his clothes on
fire. He was severely burned from
his waist up to his shoulders. Dr.
Manly Mason gave him the necessary
medical attention and he is getting a
long pretty well now. Mr. Wilton is
the electrician for the town and is a
popular citizen.
W. R. Gould to Carmie Gould, 30
acres Newport Township for $10.
F. T. Garner and wife to W. P.
Hunter, 50 acres Newport Township,
for $250.
J. F. Duncan Commissioner to
Mary B. Davis, 1 lot Morehead City,
for $70.
K. P. B. Bonner and wife to D. H.
Lewis, 20 acres Straits Township, for
$10.
W. O. Williams, Trustee to D. H.
Lewis, 97 acres Straits Township,
for $1.
Andrew Sellers and wife to Alton
B. Wade and wife, 2 3-4 acres Smyyr
na, for $1000.
Alvin T. Mason and wife to John
S. Salter and wife, tract Hunting
Quarter Township, for $50.
John S. Salter and wife to Alvin
T. Mason and wife, tract Hunting
Quarter Township, for $50
Jas. Parker and wife et al to Lena
at Raleigh by the musical department
of Meredith College. Miss Glennie
Paul, daughter of Mr. and,Mrs. Lu
ther Paul, opened the program with a
piano solo. Miss Paul is president of
the Senior Class at Meredith College
this year. She will be' remembered
as a student of Beaufort High School,
when she assisted in all musical pro
grams given. It is gratifying to see
one of Beaufort's young ladies pro
gressing in the r- sical world.
Durham, will broadcast from the Ral
eigh radio station, Thursday evening
February 20, from 6:30 to 7:30.
A wireless message was received
Monday the Cape- Lookout Coast
Guard station from ' the steamship
"York" asking them to come out to
her and get Frank Mantines a Negro,
who has lockjaw, and take him to a
hospital. The Cape Lookout station
telephoned the Fort Macon station to
meet them half way and bring the pa
tient to Beaufort. He was brought
in the the Potter Emergency Hospital
late Monday afternoon in rather a
critical condition the dreadful dis
ease having reached an advanced
stage due to the lack of proper med
ical care. He is being treated for
tetanus ad seems to be getting some
what better.
The acreage to tobacco in Ala
mance county will be doubled this
season according to reports from the
county seat.
AGED MAN CONDUCTS HIS DEFENSE
WHEN TRIED IN RECORDER'S COURT
Adopt Five-Year Progpram of
Farm and Domestic Proced
ure Undoubtedly the greatest meeting
held so far in Beaufort concerning
Living-at-Home was the joint assem
bly of the Carteret County Agricul
aural Advisory Board and the Coun
ty Council of Home Demonstration
Clubs at a dinner in the County Ad
ministration Building Friday after
noon. There has been much bally
hoo of late relative to Trading-at-Home
after the money is earned; the
coming together of these two impor
tant divisions of agricultural work
was concerned mainly with the earn
ing of the money by conisdering and
adopting a five-year plan of farm and
domestic procedure.
The dinner was in the home econ
omics room and was prepared ana
served by the Williston club under
the supervision of Miss Edith Powell.
The room was tastefully decorated in
the Valentine scheme and bowls of
early blooming Carteret County nar
cissus graced the table. A most de
lightful dinner, consisting almost en
tirely of home-grown home-prepared
dishes, was served to the guests. Mr.
after every one was seated each arose
U. E. Swann graced the table, and
and introduced himself or herself to
the others.
This delectable repast consisted of
the following: oyster cocktail, chick
en a la King, escalloped corn, string
beans, rutabagas, corn bread, slaw
honest-to-goodness Carteret County
yaupon tea, and a dessert of apple
float with boiled custard and wafers.
Mrs. Lydia Wade cured the yaupon
leaves and steeped the tea which is
so native to eastern Carolina. The
beans, corn, and "skeet" apples were
canned by the Williston club last summer.
During the dinner the 4-H Club of
Camp Glenn entertained the guests
with some pleasing farm songs and
by repeating the 4-H Club pledge.
The Camp Glenn Club embodies a
score or more boys and girls.
Following the dinner Mr. U. E.
Swann made an impromptu speech in
which he stresed the all-too-clear fact
that most farmers rather stick to one-
crop farming year in and year out.
This, he said, is. responsible for the
predicament the farmers find them
selves in now. Once in a great while
a farmer may do faily well with the
one-crop plan, but in the long run it
is a failure and an illusion to him.
He said that he was farm-bred him
self and that he knows that happiness
on the farm comes only when the
farmer raises as much on his. own
farm as he can and then sells the sur
plus. The surplus thus sold is main
ly profit. The farmers must adjust
themselves so that they will bring a
bout this live-at-home condition, he
insisted. Carteret County has the
soil, the climate and everything need
ed for such an adjustment, confident
ly asserted Mr. Swann in conclusion.
County Recorder's Court Tuesday.
The first one tried was that of D. M.
Winberry of Morehead City charged
Wm. P. (BELL DIED SUNDAY iwith abandonment ot his wile.
FROM PARALYSIS STROKE j Mr. and Mrs. Winberry appeared
in court and she, the prosecuting wit
Several cases were disposed of in the deadly weapon. The former was let
off with the costs. If he fails to
pay the costs he is to serve 30 days
on the county roads. Mr. Hooker
was given the option of a 90-day
sentence on the roads or paying a
fine of $50 and costs.
C. R. Powers of Morehead City was
tried on the charge of having given
a worthless check for $36.54 to the
Paragon store on November 3rd. He
admitted that he gave the check but
said it was understood at the time
that he did not have the money in the
bark. He said he had been in hard
luck and was not abb to meet the
check but would do so as soon as he
COUld. Uewey wiiub, a nv-in.
Continued on page six
Miss Roma Moore of Southport Is Koberts Winis, l acre ronsmouui,
'for $150. '
visiting Miss'Pauline Chadwick.
CARTERET COUNTY FOOD STATISTICS
With the exception of hogs and p otatoes it appears that Carteret coun
ty is not producing as much food f or man and beast as it consumes.
This does not include water products such as fish and shell fish of which
large quantities ares hipped to outside markets. The figures given be
low refer to farm products entirely and they show a considerable short
age in several items.
Morehead City, Feb. 19 (Funeral ness in the case, asked that the charge
services were held here Monday after- be dismissed. Judge Hill allowed the
noon at 4 P. M. from the M. E. motion for a dismissal with the stip
church for the late William Penn Boll, iulation that Mrs. Winberry pay the
with Rev. B. B. Slaughter, pastor of-1 costs in the case. The couple left
ficiating, assisted by Rev. A. P. Stev-jthe courthouse together,
ens. ! The cases of Vandie Summons
Mr. Bell died Sunday following the charged with nn assault upon one J.
third stroke of paralysis of which he .B. Hooker, and that of J. B. Hooker,
had been a sufferer for the past two i charged with assault with a deadly
vear. Hp was horn at Hnvlnwe. N. weanon and carrying a concealed
r Anvil IKth 18!U nnd mi thf. arm wpnnnn. - which had been Continued I, x,f ;f!,i D tn trip transaction.
v,, --'- - - " - -' w . ,:MIMC, LCD1.1..H1 .J
of William B. Bell and Frances his! for several weeks were taicen up anu , The ju(!ge decided that the def end-
wife. In early youth he married .tried. Neither detendant naa a "-, . cuilty and gave him a six
Miss Georgia V. Webb, the daughter er. Mr. Hooker conducted his de-1 months gentence on the toads, the
of Mr. Silas Webb 'and wife Elizaifense and did so with considerable j gRme not tQ be effective however if
Ann. To this union were born seven , skill. He is an old man and well ! . , , the check ancj the
children, Corinne, Nellie, Kathleen, ! known in uarterei anu tia.cu .uu-
Madelyn, William, Charles and Alex ties. Sammons is apparency aooui
25 years old. The testimony snow
ed that the men had some words a
bout Sammons hunting on Hooker's
land and that they had a mixup. Mr."
Hooker fell to the ground, as he said,
with Sammons on top of him. He
drew his pistol and said Sammons dis-
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tides
at Beaufort is given in this col
umn. The figures are approx
imately correct and based on
tables furnished by the U. S.
Geodetic Survey. Some allow
ances must be made for varia
tions in the wind and also with
respect to the locality, that is
whether near the inlet or at
the heads of the estuaries.
Products
Cows ,
Milk
Poultry
Eggs
Hogs
Potatoes, Sweet
Potatoes, Irish
Corn
Oats
Hay
Production
461
336,500 GaL
20,450 Hens
133,000 Doz.
1,449,500 Lbs.
156,500 Bu
384,700 Bu.
115,000 Bu.
2,650 Bu.
1,800 Tons
Coniamptioa
Need 1100
517,000 Gal.
102,950 Hens.
669,000 Doz.
1,036,000 Lbs.
' 55,900 Bu. 1
30,400 Bu.
324,000 Bu.
58,850 Bu.
6,600 Tons
Plug & Minns
-639
-180,500 Gat
- 82,500 Hens
-536,000 Doz.
t413,500 Lbs.
tl00,600 Bu.
t354,300 Bu.
-209,000 Bu.
- 56,200 Bu.
- 4,200 Tons
'Bell, five of whom; preceeded him to
his grave.
Interment was made in Bay View
Cemetery.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Very few couples have made up
their minds definitely this winter to
dare to sail the sea of matrimony.
Only one permit to wed has been is
sued this week by Register of Deeds
Robert Wallace. That was to Con
costs at once.
Austin Ball, a young white man
from Morehead City, was tried and!
High Tide Low 1 iA
Friday, Feb. 21
2:43 A. M. 9:00 A. M.
3:03 P. M. P. M.
Saturday, Feb. 22
acquitted on the charge of assault
upon Beverly Jones a young colored
man from Beaufort. He and three
other young men were tried and
convicted in the Morehead City po
lice court. The evidence showed that
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appeared tnrougn ui uw- . . , b t there was
snane. y. . : . , . .
hmnm bpHcp "like a moccasin
Hooker fired his pistol but says he did
not tTy to hit Sammons. The affair
occurred at the home of a Mrs. Sim
mons who liver on a farm that be-
nio TlHTiinU nf T,nln nnH Wattip Ful-!loncrs to Mr. Sam Morgan of Beau.
cher, of Stacy. Ifort. She and her daughter Miss
I Katie testified against Hooker.
More than 1,600 hens have been! The court decided that bammons
no evidence that he took part in the
fight Judge Hill told Attorney Lew
ellyn Phillips that he believed his
client was guilty but would have to
let him off as the evidence was not
strong enough to convict.
The case against P. R. Lewis of
Tarboro charged with having given a
blood-tested in Forsyth County thisiwas guilty of simple assault and that rthless check to the Lot un Motor
winter preparatory to their use as 'Hooker was guilty of carrying a con- Compan, ' or J44 was continued un
breeders.
jcealed weapon and an assault with a 'til next Tuesday.
3:44 A. M.
4:05 P. M.
Sunday, Feb.
4:40 A. M.
5:02 P. M.
Monday, Feb.
10:03 A.
9:49 P.
23
10:58 A.
10:45 P.
24
11:20 A.
11:45 P.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
5:30 A. M.
5:51 P. M.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
M 11:45 A. M.
M. 12:26 A. M.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
M 12:19 A. M.
M. 1:03 P. M.
Thursday, Feb. 27
7:29 A. M. 12:59 A. M.
7:49 P. M. 1:36 P. M.
6:14
6:34
6:53
7:14
A.
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Life
Life is an arrow therefore you must
know what mark to aim at, how to
use the bow then draw it to a head,
and let it go! Henry Van Dyke.
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